b'Partner News Spring 2023 3Welcome to Partner NewsThis editionIET updates 4-7Honouring Excellence: The Churchill Medal Award4T-Level Industrial Placements 6IET Apprentice and Technician Awards7 MOD 8-9The Bateson Award 2022 8 Academic 10-13Predictive CAD Systems10Connecting Communities 11Boosting Employability 12Education in Electric Vehicle Systems 13 Enterprise 14-23CLASS 14Delivering a net zero grid 16VVB Innovation Day 18Meet Pektrons Apprentices 20Project VATTS 21Nuclear decommission with ITI 22Power Conversion with Iconsys 22 Sally Davidson JonesRevolutionising medical device manufacturing 23 Head of Membership Corporate 24-37 Partner Spotlight: Artur Majchrowski 24Future proofing the grid 25Nurturing the next generation of engineers 263D Printing a submarine 28 Welcome to the Spring 2023a key part in helping shift the UKs hydrogen future 29 edition of Partner News, theway power flows through low Tevvas EV Truck 30 magazine for our Partnersvoltage networks. Innovation in the design process31 by our Partners. In our first Supply chain innovation32 edition of 2023 we hear fromOn the back of National Offshore wind with RWE 34 our Partners who are doingApprentice Week, we sit down Shaping future talent at Thales36 critical work in making sure thewith Zereh Pam, a software next generation of engineeringengineer degree apprentice talent is ready.with Corporate Partner, Thales. The Rear Admiral BatesonZereh shares why they chose Award is one of the mostan apprenticeship, what tips prestigious in the Royal Navythey would give to those and our exclusive interviewconsidering an apprenticeship with this years winner, Pettyand what their plans for the Officer John Trenberth, can befuture are. Pages 36 & 37 have found on pages 8 & 9. the full story. From the world of Academia,We hope you enjoy the 54th we hear from Brunel Universityedition of Partner News as we whose new partnership islook to continue the success of allowing for a revolutionary2022 and take it into 2023.MSc programme focussing on electric vehicle systems. Turn toIf you have any commentspage 13 for more information onor would like to submit anthis game-changing course. article, please contact partnernews@theiet.org or On pages 16 & 17 Enterprisetweet us @TheIET using the Partner EA Technology arehashtag #IETPartnerNews.telling us about the transition For any enquiries, please refer to pages 38-39 for contact details.to net zero and how data playsSally Davidson Jones'